April 1, 2026. Media Bulletin. Provincial Minimum Wage to Increase to $16.40 on Oct. 1 Manitoba Labour and Immigration is notifying Manitobans the provincial minimum wage will increase by 40 cents to $16.40, effective Oct. 1.
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Third Session, Forty-Third Legislature
Private Members’ Bills
Introduced
Bill 234The Registered Landscape Architects Act/Loi sur les architectes paysagistes – The Registered Landscape Architects Act is established to provide self-governing authority for and title protection to landscape architects. The Manitoba Association of Landscape Architects becomes the profession’s regulatory body and a governing council is established with public representatives. Only registered members can use the title “Registered Landscape Architect”. A process is created for complaints against and discipline of members.
The Building and Electrical Permitting Improvement Act (Various Acts Amended and Permit Dispute Resolution Act Enacted) Schedule C — The Manitoba Hydro Amendment Act (whole act)
Financial Admin Act, Appropriation Act, MB Dev. Corp. Act (March 18, 2026) – The Minister of Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation requests that Manitoba make a loan to JasperVOCAL Inc. in the amount of $475,000. The Loan is to be administered by MDC, as agent for Manitoba.
Finance
Securities Act (March 25, 2026) – Douglas Brown is appointed as a member and designated as Chair of the Commission.
Health, Seniors, and Long Term Care
Public Service Act (March 25, 2026) – Selam Beyene is appointed to the position of Executive Assistant.
Housing, Addictions and Homelessness
Public Service Act (March 25, 2026) – Keigan Buckley is appointed to the position of Press Secretary.
Innovation and New Technology
Research Manitoba Act (March 18, 2026) – The board of directors of Research Manitoba is appointed for 2026-2027.
Justice and Attorney General
Provincial Court Act (March 18, 2026) – The following persons are appointed as staff justice of the peace in and for the Province of Manitoba: Gena May Francisco, of Mitchell; Cheryl Koss, of Winnipeg; and Chantell Vaillancourt-Ducharme, of The Pas. The appointment of Oluwagbemisola Onigbogi as staff justice of the peace in and for the Province of Manitoba is revoked.
Justice
Public Service Act (March 18, 2026) – Hannah Janzen is appointed to the position of Special Assistant.
Provincial Court Act (March 25, 2026) – A. Blair Graham, K.C., is appointed as a member and chairperson of the Judicial Compensation Committee. Bernice Bowley and Kris Dangerfield are appointed as members of the committee.
Minister responsible for the Manitoba Public Service Act
Public Service Act (March 18, 2026) – The Minister responsible for the Manitoba Public Service is authorized to enter into a collective agreement, inclusive of a pay plan, on behalf of the government, with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2153 respecting Family Support Workers and Emergency Placement Resources who are employed primarily with the Department of Families.
Crown Lands Act (March 24, 2026) – The administration and control of all interests held by His Majesty the King in right of Manitoba, […] is transferred to His Majesty the King in right of Canada: Sapotaweyak Cree Nation Swan River Phase 3 Indian Reserve In the Province of Manitoba.
Crown Lands Act (March 24, 2026) – The following Crown (Manitoba) land (“Land”) is set aside as an area to enable the Government of Canada (“Canada”) to fulfil a portion of its obligations to the Bunibonibee Cree Nation under the adhesion to Treaty No. 5:
Trout Falls Site 15-02 and now named Nahmakos Pahwestik Indian Reserve In the Province of Manitoba
Wipanipanis Portage Site 20-02 and now named Wapinapanis Indian Reserve In the Province of Manitoba
Crown Lands Act (March 24, 2026) – The following Crown (Manitoba) land (“Land”) is set aside as an area to enable the Government of Canada (“Canada”) to fulfil a portion of its obligations to the Norway House Cree Nation under the adhesion to Treaty No. 5: Lebrix Lake A In the Province of Manitoba
Crown Lands Act (March 24, 2026) – The following Crown (Manitoba) land (“Land”) is set aside as an area to enable the Government of Canada (“Canada”) to fulfil a portion of its obligations to the Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation under the adhesion to Treaty No. 4: Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation Mistikoskak Sipihk Reserve In the Province of Manitoba
Crown Lands Act (March 24, 2026) – The administration and control of all interests held by His Majesty the King in right of Manitoba […] in the following described land is transferred to His Majesty the King in right of Canada: Site 4-11 In the Province of Manitoba
Sport, Culture, Heritage and Tourism
Public Service Act (March 25, 2026) – Lucie Besken is appointed to the position of Executive Assistant to the Minister.
March 24, 2026, News ReleaseManitoba Government Announces Budget 2026 “With the lowest deficit-to-gross domestic product ratio in Canada, the Manitoba government’s Budget 2026 makes responsible investments that aligns with Manitobans’ priorities while making progress on the path to balance the budget within four years, Finance Minister Adrien Sala announced today.”
March 25, 2026, News ReleaseManitoba Government Makes Groceries More Affordable “The Manitoba government will save Manitobans $24 million by removing provincial sales tax (PST) from all grocery food items, Premier Wab Kinew announced today.”
March 16, 2026, News ReleaseManitoba Government Grows Nursing Workforce as Record 45 Nurses Set to Graduate Intensive Care Unit Training “The Manitoba government is strengthening intensive care unit (ICU) capacity with a record 45 nurses completing specialized critical care training this spring and preparing to work in hospitals across the province, Premier Wab Kinew and Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced today.”
March 17, 2026, News Release Manitoba Government Funding Five Rural Community Projects “The Manitoba government is investing almost $340,000 to support five projects that celebrate francophone culture and support francophone communities through the From the Ground Up – Safe Healthy Communities for ALL program, Municipal and Northern Relations Minister Glen Simard, minister responsible for francophone affairs, announced today.”
March 17, 2026, News Release Manitoba Government Ending Predatory Pricing in Grocery Stores and Other Retail “The Manitoba government has introduced an amendment to the Business Practices Act that would ban retailers from using consumers’ personal data to increase the price of goods for a specific consumer, Public Service Delivery Minister Mintu Sandhu announced today.”
March 19, 2026, News ReleaseManitoba Government Supports Harvest Manitoba’s First Steps Infant Care Program “The Manitoba government is investing $300,000 through the Mino’Ayaawag Ikwewag: All Women Doing Well strategy to increase access to infant nutrition and care items for families, Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine, minister responsible for women and gender equity, announced today.”
March 19, 2026, News ReleaseManitoba Government to Build Personal Care Home in Winnipeg’s Bridgwater Neighbourhood “The Manitoba government will build a new personal care home (PCH) in the Bridgwater neighbourhood of Waverley West, with community consultations beginning in June, Premier Wab Kinew and Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced today.”
require a landlord to file information about each of their rental units with the Director of Residential Tenancies;
require a landlord to provide at least 24 hours’ notice to the current tenant before showing a rental unit to a prospective tenant;
require the provisions of the Act dealing with rent regulation to be reviewed by the director every five years;
provide that a decision against a tenant that does not involve safety or unlawful activity must be removed from public access after seven years, or earlier on application of the tenant;
authorize an administrative penalty to be issued for failing to comply with any order made by the director under the Act; and
increase the maximum administrative penalty amount from $5,000 to $10,000.
Bill 15 The Consumer Protection Amendment Act/Loi modifiant la Loi sur la protection du consommateur – The Consumer Protection Act is amended. A supplier of a consumer good designated in the regulations must make the parts, tools, software and manuals necessary to repair the consumer good (the “means of repair”) available to the buyer. Subject to the regulations, the means of repair must be made available for a reasonable time period after the sale, at a reasonable price and within a reasonable time period after the buyer requests them. The supplier must disclose to the buyer before the sale if the supplier is exempted from any of these requirements.
Bill 20 The Manitoba Hydro Amendment Act/Loi modifiant la Loi sur l’Hydro-Manitoba – The Manitoba Hydro Act is amended to enable the corporation to establish a curtailable power program for customers engaged in cryptocurrency operations. Under the program, a customer’s supply of power may be temporarily reduced for the purposes of the program.
Bill 21The Drinking Water Safety Amendment Act/Loi modifiant la Loi sur la qualité de l’eau potable – The Drinking Water Safety Act is amended to expand the director’s authority to classify water systems. The director’s classifications must be made in accordance with the regulations and approved by a medical officer. Amendments also address situations when the owner of a water system cannot be identified. In these circumstances, the director may order the person who owns or controls the land on which the water system is located to take responsibility for the water system. In addition, administrative amendments are made.
Bill 32 The Improving Access to Breast Cancer Screening Act/Loi visant à améliorer l’accès au dépistage du cancer du sein – The Improving Access to Breast Cancer Screening Act is established. The cancer authority must establish a screening plan to ensure that individuals who have an increased risk of developing breast cancer are eligible to access breast cancer screening services. The cancer authority must also establish a plan to increase access to breast cancer screening throughout Manitoba. The plan must set out annual targets respecting the rate of participation in screening programs. The plans must be updated every five years. The cancer authority and the provincial health authority must prepare an annual report on the extent to which the established targets have been achieved.
The meaning of “bullying” is expanded to include conduct that creates a negative or unsafe school environment for groups or classes of persons. The use of artificial intelligence is recognized as a potential form of bullying.
A school’s code of conduct must address the appropriate use of artificial intelligence. The code of conduct continues to apply to students but no longer applies to staff.
A school board must appoint a qualified person to be the superintendent. The superintendent is responsible for the general administration of the school division or school district and is to oversee or participate in the hiring of employees of the school division or school district.
A consequential amendment is made to The Education Administration Act. The Manitoba School Boards Association Act is amended to allow Indigenous educational organizations and other organizations to become members of the Manitoba School Boards Association.
Bill 40 The Elections Amendment Act/Loi modifiant la Loi électorale – The Elections Act is amended to require a candidate to disclose whether they have contravened The Conflict of Interest (Members and Ministers) Act. Disclosure is not required if the Assembly ordered that the member be reprimanded as a result of the contravention.
Bill 41 The Promoting Inclusion in Amateur Sport Act/Loi sur la promotion de l’inclusion dans le sport amateur – The Promoting Inclusion in Amateur Sport Act is established. Each provincial sport organization must adopt an inclusion policy that promotes the participation of persons from underrepresented groups in the sport. A provincial sport organization’s board members and staff must complete inclusion courses specified by Sport Manitoba. A provincial sport organization must conduct an assessment of participants in its sport to determine if there are underrepresented groups in the sport. The organization must prepare a report each year that reviews its efforts to increase participation in the sport.
Drivers and Vehicles Act – The term “antique motor vehicle” is to be defined in the regulations. A driver training school must enter a written contract with a student and the student may cancel their contract and receive a refund in certain circumstances. A school must make information available to the public about their operations and file an annual report with the registrar. The registrar is required to maintain a public registry of these schools. Driver training schools are no longer governed by The Private Vocational Institutions Act. References to registration documents in The Off-Road Vehicles Act are clarified.
Highway Traffic Act – Amendments are made to allow a farm truck to be used to transport any individuals and a light farm truck to be used to transport property for the personal use of the owner or a family member or employee of the owner.
Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act – Amendments are made to expand coverage for counselling services. A person who witnesses a serious accident or is a family member of a person seriously injured in an accident is now entitled to reimbursement of expenses incurred for counselling. The corporation is given discretion to reimburse the expenses of a victim in instalments, if the victim requests it, and to pay these expenses directly without a request from the person entitled to reimbursement.
govern the use of low-powered personal electric vehicles such as electric kick-scooters, skateboards, self-balancing scooters and unicycles;
govern three-wheeled vehicles; and
clarify that the use of an automated driving system is allowed only if authorized under a pilot project or by a technology testing permit.
The Highway Traffic Act and The Drivers and Vehicles Act are amended to require all motor vehicles and trailers to be registered and plated even if a permit is issued for the motor vehicle or trailer exempting it from weight and dimensions requirements. Consequential amendments are made to The Off-Road Vehicles Act and The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act.
Bill 44 The Minor Amendments and Corrections Act, 2026/Loi corrective de 2026 – The Minor Amendments and Corrections Act, 2026 corrects typographical, numbering and other drafting errors. Amendments are made to the French version of various Acts to update language and terminology and to ensure compatibility between the English and French versions. Other minor amendments are also made to various Acts. Five private Acts are repealed.
New investor protection measures are added, including prohibitions on certain representations, false statements and unfair practices while engaged in promotional activities. Aiding, abetting and counselling someone to contravene securities law is also prohibited.
The Manitoba Securities Commission is given the authority to regulate benchmarks that are used for reference in determining the value of or amounts due under contracts, securities and other financial instruments.
The commission is given the authority to designate a dispute resolution service for the investment industry. The designated dispute resolution service may make binding decisions when resolving a dispute.
Under amendments to civil liability provisions, a person that consents to provide information in an offering memorandum or other prescribed disclosure document is subject to the same liability as if they had provided the information in a prospectus. Amendments to certain defences shift the burden of proof from the plaintiff to the defendant.
An investor is permitted to apply to the commission for a compensation order despite having commenced a civil action for damages to recover the same financial loss.
Bill 47 The Apprenticeship and Certification Amendment Act/Loi modifiant la Loi sur l’apprentissage et la reconnaissance professionnelle – The Apprenticeship and Certification Act is amended to require an online public registry to be established that provides information about journeypersons and other specified persons who are subject to the Act. The executive director is authorized to share information with educational institutions and other persons providing technical training or other services under the Act.
Pharmaceutical Act – Amendments are made to authorize a pharmacist to prescribe a substitute drug if it has the same therapeutic effect as a drug originally prescribed by another health care practitioner. The health care practitioner that issued the original prescription or the patient may instruct a pharmacist not to make a therapeutic substitution.
Regulated Health Professions Act – Amendments are made to enable colleges and associations that regulate health professions to amalgamate. An amalgamation may be requested by a college or association or initiated by the minister. The minister initiates the amalgamation process by making an order appointing a first council of the amalgamated college and, if necessary, appointing an administrator to assist with the amalgamation. The regulation to continue the pre-amalgamation colleges and associations as an amalgamated college must be made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. Amendments are also made to an unproclaimed Part of the Act to reflect the amendments made to The Pharmaceutical Act.
Public Health Act – Amendments are made to clarify that a detention order may be varied on application by a public health official or the detained person. In addition, a request by a public health official to extend the duration of a detention order is to be heard by a provincial court judge rather than a judge of the Court of King’s Bench.
the provision of information about the use of artificial intelligence systems;
the development of accountability frameworks; and
the reporting of cybersecurity incidents.
The regulations could also set technical standards for the use of artificial intelligence systems and cybersecurity. In addition, the minister may issue directives about cybersecurity to specific public sector entities.
Bill 204 The Timely Construction of Residential Housing Act/Loi sur la construction de logements résidentiels en temps opportun – The Timely Construction of Residential Housing Act is established. A municipal authority may revoke a building permit that authorizes the construction of residential housing if the developer fails to complete the construction within a specified period. A developer who objects to the revocation of their building permit may appeal to the Municipal Board. If the Municipal Board overturns the revocation of a building permit, it must set a new deadline to complete the construction of the residential housing.
Bill 220 The School Bus Seat Belt Safety Act/Loi sur les ceintures de sécurité dans les autobus scolaires – The School Bus Seat Belt Safety Act is established. Each school bus manufactured after 2026 must be equipped with three-point seat belts for passengers. Every school division, school district and independent school must establish and implement a policy respecting student use of seat belts on school buses that are equipped with seat belts.
Financial Admin. Act, Appropriation Act, MB Dev. Corp. Act (March 11, 2026) – The Minister of Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation requests that Manitoba make a loan to Scimar Ltd. in the amount of $300,000. The Loan is to be administered by MDC, as agent for Manitoba.
Families
Public Service Act, Interpretation Act (March 11, 2026) – Rheanna McEwen-McMillan is appointed to the position of Special Assistant within the classification of Special Assistant to the Minister (SPM).
Health, Seniors, and Long Term Care
Chiropractic Act (March 11, 2026) – Lauralee Gooding of Winnipeg is appointed as a lay member of the Board of The Manitoba Chiropractors Association for a term of two (2) years commencing March 11, 2026.
Public Service Act (March 11, 2026) – Vassan Aruljothi is appointed to the position of Tour Officer within the classification of Professional Officer 9 (P9).
Radiation Protection Act (March 11, 2026) – A proclamation is to be issued by the Lieutenant Governor fixing January 31, 2027, as the day on which The Radiation Protection Act, S.M. 2015, c. 41, comes into force.
Justice
Public Service Act; Interpretation Act (March 11, 2026) – Pawanjot Sandhu is appointed to the position of Executive Assistant within the classification of Executive Assistant to the Minister (EXM).
Schedule C (Minister of Agriculture) and Schedule O (Minister of Natural Resources and Indigenous Futures) are amended in the entry for The Wildlife Act by striking out “as it pertains to big game and migratory waterfowl”.
Schedule D (Minister of Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation) is amended by adding the following: The CentrePort Canada Act C 44
Schedule R (Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure) is amended by striking out the following: The CentrePort Canada Act C 44
Public Service Act; Interpretation Act (March 11, 2026) – Komalpreet Sangha is appointed to the position of Special Assistant to the Premier within the classification of Special Assistant to the Premier (SAP).
Manitoba Government Unveils New Public Safety Strategy November 14, 2024 – “The Manitoba government has unveiled the new Safer Neighbourhoods, Safer Downtowns Public Safety Strategy, creating a roadmap for a safer Manitoba across all regions, Justice Minister Matt Wiebe announced today.”
Refreshed Manitoba Cabinet Moving Forward for a Hopeful Future November 13, 2024 – “One year into government, Manitoba’s Executive Council will welcome new ministers with refreshed portfolios and an entirely new department focused on bringing Manitoba into the future of technology and innovation, Premier Wab Kinew announced today. “
Speech From the Throne to be Delivered November 19 November 12, 2024 – “The Manitoba government will unveil its plans for the year ahead in a speech from the throne to be delivered Nov. 19, Premier Wab Kinew announced today.”
Bill 45 The Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 – “This Bill implements various tax and other measures announced in the 2022 Manitoba Budget. Additional amendments implement and support the summary budget and make various amendments to tax legislation.”
Bill 46 The Highway Traffic Amendment Act – “This Bill amends The Highway Traffic Act to give peace officers specific authority to close highways due to road conditions, visibility and other emergency situations. The amendments also give traffic authorities the specific authority to close roads for emergencies and road work. Driving on a closed highway is made an offence.”
Bill 241 The Drivers and Vehicles Amendment Act (Licence Plates for MMIWG2S Awareness) – ” permits an organization to apply to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to make a licence plate available that includes the abbreviation “MMIWG2S”, meaning missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. The plate must also bear a graphic depicting a red hand or a red dress.”
The Manitoba Law Library would like to acknowledge with gratitude that we are situated on Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.
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